Medcem Madencilik: 41 Aumund machines for the second kiln line
Before the end of the year Aumund Fördertechnik GmbH, Rheinberg/Germany, will supply 41 machines for a new kiln line at the Medcem Madencilik cement plant in Silifke in the Turkish province Mersin.
The Aumund supply package comprises six belt bucket elevators, two bucket elevators with central chain, four pan conveyors and eleven drag chain conveyors. The conveying capacities range from 50 to 900 t/h. The machines will be used for feeding material to the raw mill, the raw mill silo, the coal mill, the heat exchanger and the cement silo. The order also includes 13 silo discharge gates for belt conveyors and five telescopic chutes for truck loading.
The supply took place in October 2022 and commissioning is expected to be carried out in January 2023.
Aumund had also equipped the first kiln line at the Medcem Cement plant with various machines, commissioned in 2015. Medcem Madencilik ve Yapı Malzemeleri San. Tic. A.Ş. started construction on the second kiln line in August 2021, and when completed it will increase annual clinker production capacity from 3.5 to 6.5 million t. According to Medcem, this makes it one of the largest cement plants in the world.
